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Plastics

Peter Marigold, Resident Designer/Maker for Raw Materials: Plastics

Resident designer / maker Peter Marigold engaged with the processes of making that were used for the earliest plastics, and with the traces these processes leave on the finished object, in contrast to the often...

Plastics

Frances Scott, Resident Artist for Raw Materials:Plastics

Resident Artist, Frances Scott developed the film PHX [X is for Xylonite] in response to extensive...

Slade School of Fine Art: Rebecca Connolly responds to Raw Materials: Plastics research

During the research phase of Raw Materials: Plastics, Slade School of Fine Art students were...

Steering Group visit to the Science Museum archives – Frederick O’Brien

Steering group member Frederick O'Brien gives a personal response to our visit to the Science...

Steering Group visit to Ipswich archives, Suffolk Record Office – by Nilesh Patel

There is no doubt that today’s world would be a vastly different place had the...

Steering Group visit – Vestry House Museum collection – Hettie James

In the afternoon, we had a chance to look through Vestry House Museum's plastics collection,...

Steering Group visit to Waltham Forest Archive & Vestry House Museum

Located in the middle of the lovely Walthamstow Village, the Vestry House Museum sits in...

Steering Group visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum collections – Sara Choudhrey

On our visit to the V&A Museum we were delighted to be introduced to the...

Visit to Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University Bournemouth – Eleanor Begley, steering group member

In a world littered with 'disposable' plastic, from bottle tops to honey dispensers, it may...